In 2021, Ghana’s Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia announced, that barring any unforeseen circumstances, every newborn child delivered in Ghana next year will get, within a few months, a Ghanacard number. Apexnewsgh report
According to Vice President, the actual card will be issued when the child is grown and the biometrics are fully formed (after age 6).
Dr. Bawumia said the move forms part of the digital reforms being undertaken at the Births and Deaths Registry to make it more in tune with the times and provide better protect information on the citizens and residents of Ghana.
However, after two years of that announcement by Ghana’s Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, it appears the Kenyan government has emulated the idea of Ghana’s Vice President in that direction.
On Monday, February 6, 2023, Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki made a similar announcement that the Interior Ministry will be digitizing birth and death records starting March 1, 2023.
He said, all children born in Kenya will soon be assigned a unique identification number at birth that will later be used in school and eventually become their national identity number.
He added, newborns, will soon be assigned a Unique Personal Identifier (UPI) at birth. This will later become the individual’s national ID, social security number, health insurance number and eventually the death certificate number.
“It will be their Nemis (National Education Management Information System) number in school. When they turn 18, it will be the ID, NHIF, NSSF and will be the number of your death certificate,” he said, adding that Kenya is now transitioning to a smart ID system.
“In the period between the time the UPI is introduced and 18 years later when it will transit into the ID, the Ministry is working on introduction of the Third-Generation, smart and digital ID,” Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki stressed
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